⚡ 30 Days in the Routing Trenches

Posted 6 months ago by sniffit

🆔 Lightning Node ID: 0263a27989d64b6eca6958cfb60cc05fc641db6a258e91b9274d7042dd19bb8c88
📅 Start Date: May 16, 2025
📊 Report Date: June 19, 2025
👤 Operator: sniffit (SEA 🇲🇾)

🧭 Background

I'm currently a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer rooted in *nix systems and based in Southeast Asia.
With years of experience managing business-critical systems — from Oil & Gas to global procurement and multi-tenant platforms — this node is shaped by operational discipline and uptime-first thinking.

This Lightning node isn’t a side project — it’s the embodiment of a philosophy:

🔁 We route value. Our sats move with purpose.
🧱 We’re grounded, sovereign, and strategic.

Built atop a lean home lab stack with Proxmox, Docker, and internal orchestration, this node is designed for resilience — not reliance.

📆 30 Days of Deployment: Insights & Learnings

✅ Uptime & Stack

Running bitcoind, lnd, btc-rpc-proxy (soon), bos, custom monitoring, and DDNS scripts.
Designed for dynamic IP handling with automated restarts on changes.

📡 Channel Strategy

Selective peer opens and trims.
Routing paths, fee flow, and peer quality continuously assessed via Balance of Satoshis (BoS).
Liquidity is circulated, not hoarded. Our sats serve movement.

🛠 Automation Built

Lightweight telemetry stack to track sink nodes, flow patterns, and peer behavior.
Event-driven service handlers for network health and continuity.

🌍 Regional Commitment

Prioritized SEA-based peers and routing-first operators.
Aligned with LN+’s spirit: collaborative liquidity, not one-way drains.

🌐 Philosophy

This isn’t about leaderboard clout — it’s about meaningful connectivity and lasting impact.
It’s about helping shape a resilient, peer-aligned Lightning fabric — especially in underrepresented regions like SEA.